Venice is never reducible to its scenery. Behind the facades that reflect in the lagoon, there are workshops, patient hands, and know-how that have endured through the centuries. It is this more discreet city that Buccellati chooses to tell the story with Serenissima, His new collection of Haute Joaillerie.
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The Italian House does not dwell on palaces or gondolas. It prefers to follow the thread of a Burano lace, to observe the light passing through a Murano glass or to recapture the softness of a velvet woven in the old Venetian workshops. These different materials share one common quality: they capture light. It is precisely this sensation that Buccellati translates into gold.
Since time immemorial, the Maison has maintained a unique relationship with metal. In the hands of its artisans, it takes shape, opens up, and becomes refined until it loses its apparent rigidity. The technique Honeycomb, signature of Buccellati, This is the most eloquent expression of it. Cut from one shell to another, it transforms gold into an architecturally structured lace where the full forms respond to the voids with astonishing fluidity. The engravings Rigato They then animate each surface with a play of almost textile light.
The five pieces of jewelry form a walk through Venice rather than a succession of jewels. Serenissima Let the diamonds-studded foliage emerge from the heart of a white gold lattice. Torcello He created a landscape of geometric shapes where the yellow gold dialogues with motifs studded with diamonds. San Giorgio reveals all the finesse of the metallic lace, while Giudecca It blends yellow gold, white gold and rose-cut diamonds in a composition that evokes the precious fabrics of the Serénissime. Even more ethereal, Lido opens its suspended motifs as if they were windows letting in the light.
The bracelets extend this search for flexibility, almost unexpected in a metal so precious, while the earrings seem to suspend the diamonds in a delicate network of gold.
With Serenissima, Buccellati Reminds us that Haute Joaillerie is not just about showcasing rare stones; it can also preserve a memory. The memory of gestures, materials, and a city that, for centuries, has inspired artists as much as it has nourished the imagination. Here, Venice doesn’t admire itself; it lives.
